Summing up a week of memories

It will be clearly impossible to sum up all the great memories we made this past week on our trip to Banff and Jasper. So, since it's Father's Day, I'm going to share some of my favorite photos of Eric and some of his favorite things from this past week.


Their rock star pose after 'Rockin' the Dock'.  We had been on a long (and successful) 'Evening Wildlife Tour' and needed to burn off some energy!

On the way to the Columbia Icefield.

Looking for the tea house at Lake Louise that we hiked up to.



A few of Eric's favorites from the week...

Favorite campsite: Tunnel Mountain 1 in Banff.

Favorite Hike #1: Lake Agnes Tea House at Lake Louise. Pretty great view on the way up!

And some snow on the way down!

Favorite Hike #2: Angel Glacier. We heard and saw small avalanches most of the time we were up there.

Favorite View #1: In Jasper


Another favorite in Jasper.





Very favorite thing to do this past week:  Looking for wildlife and they did not disappoint! We saw LOTS and LOTS of wildlife!

We had a great week making great memories, memories that will last a lifetime.  Our God is a creative God and we saw evidence of that everywhere we went.

Simply Amazing!

If you want to see more, you can see the full album on Facebook or by clicking on any of the photos above.

Snippets of Spring

New game they've come up with, not sure the rules but it seems like a giant game of Four Square.

Worn shoes and grass stained knees pretty much sums up life at the end of the school year.

Our garden is starting to take off!




Field Day!


Eric and I and some of our friends finally got to go to U2!! We bought the tickets over 18 months ago and have looked forward to this day with much excitement. We realized there was a Mariners game that day, too, so we took in both events. A great start to summer!

Now school is out and we are anxious for days filled with play and no schedules. Hurray!!

Field Trips

Yesterday was my last field trip to Tenant Lake and Hovander Park. The weather turned out great and we all had a great time exploring everything it had to offer!

Emma! Giving each 1st grade classroom their very own VH.


Last week Holly's class had a beautiful day to go to Marine Park and the marine center.

The starfish were one of her favorites.

Almost all the girls in her class.


Mia's grade spent 3 days at Outdoor Ed this year. I was able to go up one night to bring up snacks but it was a rainy night and I have no pictures. But thankfully Mia had a camera and brought home some of her own!


Important to camp life!




I think he's telling them we're going to hike WAY UP THERE!

We live in such a great place to be able to do all these great trips so close to home!